Mission RAW: India’s Secret Services Unraveled — Files of Top Secret Missions of Indian RAW Spies (True Stories of Indian Spies) Hindi Edition

Nice to read

RK Yadav's book is a revelation, uncovering the veiled operations of Indian intelligence agencies like never before. A gripping read!

The book by R.K. sir provides us the knowledge of how undercover operations work, also it gives us the brief ideas of what epic roles IB and RAW plays in the proper working of political establishments and affixing of mankind.

Good subject but not properly nerrated, lot of spelling mistakes, not absorbing

Amazing Book 👏

Mission RAW is a commendable effort in demystifying the enigmatic world of Indian intelligence. An enlightening read!

It is a must read, a good piece of work by the author. There are few authentic books on India’s intelligence services and this book will be remembered among them.

1. At first I thought that it was a problem with the Kindle edition but one other reader has also mentioned that its full of spelling mistakes , missing sentence construction and generally shambolic . 2. Like most people who write autobiographies, the author places himself in the centre of many of the episodes . So the perspective is very clear - "I am such a nice guy surrounded by a bunch of incompetents". 3. He goes on to name many later officers as incompetents and part of a highly corrupt force that has less to do with intelligence work and more to do with self aggrandizement at the taxpayer's expense. Given the level of corruption in other ministries, this seems very much possible. 4. The pre R&AW years are covered in detail with the legendary R.N.Kao being given lot of space. However some of the conclusions of the 1962 war are clearly designed to blame the Armed Forces and not the intelligence . SOme of the "proof" cited is erroneous - eg - The Chinese Mig 17 and Mig 19 can fly all the way to Madras. (Then it would have been a one way trip). 5. About the only thing that sounds true and unbiased is the persistent mention of making the intelligence services subject to oversight like the West (CIA and MI6 have oversight and are answerable to political committees). In sum, even if you leave aside the persistent spelling mistakes and poor grammar, it is very painful to read the book as it is full of wild accusations against various officers and Chiefs and very little about the successes - beyond the well known Bangladesh Operations.

I am really interested in India and espionage in general, so this look at a non anglosphere intelligence agency seemed interesting. It is, however, not quite what I thought. I was instantly put off by the preface, which was really jingoistic and even sneering. I suspect the translation to English is quite bad, as the flow of the writing is quite difficult to latch on to, and it even seems kind of garbled (although perhaps the translation is doing it's best with poorly written source material). I don't think I can wade through 788 pages. Sorry. Can anyone recommend some decent books on RAW? I will try to make a go of this.